Iron for wagon-beds



(No Model.)

P. HERMAN.

- IRON FOR WAGON BEDS. No. 424,479. Patented Apr. 1, 1890.

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FRED HERMAN, OF FIELDON, ILLINOIS.

IRON FOR WAGON-BEDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,479, dated April 1,1890.

Serial No. 332,726. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED HERMAN, of Fieldon, in the county of Jersey andState of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in wagon-beds whereby the lattermay be made stronger and more durable than heretofore. This improvementI accomplish by means of metallic strengthening-bands secured across thebottom of the wagon-bed and up the sides thereof and adapted to restupon the bolsters in lieu of the battens usually employed for thatpurpose. I

The device by which I accomplish my object will be more fully describedin the following specification and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device inconnection with the central portion of a wagon-bolster, and Fig. 2 is afront end elevat-ional view of the device in connection with the bolsterand wagon-bed.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the base of the strengthener, orthat part of it upon which the bottom of the wagon-bed rests; B, thebolster; O, the wagon-bed D D, the vertical ends of the strengthener,and a a bifurcations in said ends.

1) b are lugs or ears depending vertically from the strengthener on bothsides of the bolster, and (Z (Z are ordinarybolster-standards.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 that the distance between the twosidesD D is such as to just admit the body of the wagon-bed, which issecured thereto by screws, for the reception of which holes 6 areprovided, as shown in Fig. 1. The lugs or ears I) b may be riveted tothe under side of the strengthener; or, if

so preferred, they may be made integral with the base thereof, as shown.The distance of each pair of ears b from the pair on the opposite sideof the strengthener is such as to just admit the bolster between them,as shown in the perspective view. The bifurcation in each vertical endof the strengthener is to admit the standards cl d, as shown in Fig. 2.

The strengthener being secured to the wagon-bed as shown and described,it follows that the sides and bottom of the bed are much more firmlybraced and held together than by the ordinary. means, and, further, thatthe strengthener being provided with the lugs or ears 1) serves toprevent the wagon-bed from slipping endwise upon the bolsters and itwill be observed that still further security against slippage upon thebolsters is provided by the bifurcations a, which admit the inner edgesof the standards, as shown in Fig. 2.

Iam aware that a metallic strengthening device secured across the bottomof a wagonbed and turned up at the ends is not new, and therefore I donot broadly claim such.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination,with a wagon-bed-strengthening device comprising ametallic bar A, turned up vertically at each end and having in each ofsaid ends a bifurcation or slot at for the reception of the edge of thebolster-standard, of lugs or ears 17, depending from the part restingupon the bolster and adapted to include the latter loosely, so as toadmit of the wagon-bed being readily lifted from the bolster.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this22d day of November, 1889.

FRED 2 HERMAN.

mark Witnesses:

ROBERT NEWTON, L. M. CUTTING.

